Supporting care workers to be paid at least London’s Living Wage
In response to the Sage Care Workers campaign to be paid a living wage Barnet Labour…
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Barnet Labour councillors respond to ‘Planning for the Future’ consultation
We have been campaigning against the Conservative Government’s ‘Planning for the Future’ scheme which would…
Statement on the EHRC report into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party
Responding to the publication of the EHRC report into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, Leader…
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Barnet Labour councillors response to Coronavirus
Council response to situation, including committee meetings We dialled-in to a conference call of all councillors with the Council Chief Executive late Monday afternoon to hear about the Council’s response and business continuity plans. The Council have now cancelled all committee meetings. The Council will be publishing regular updates with…
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Labour budget scraps the £70 Tory Garden Tax
In this year’s council budget speech we proposed scrapping the Tories ‘£70 Garden Tax. We also included funding for quarterly deep cleans of all Barnet’s residential streets, and extra resources for tackling the epidemic of fly-tipping that blights our borough. And because we believe in fairness and tackling poverty pay,…
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We need fairness to be at the heart of Barnet Council
In my speech at this year’s Council budget meeting I focused on the issue of fairness – or lack of it – in the Barnet Conservative budget. In the run-up to the local elections last May, the Barnet Conservatives pledged to keep council tax low. They didn’t say exactly what…
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